--- title: "16 Lives Need Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 16 Lives Need quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Lives Need sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/lauren-kate-636_death_how-many-lives-do-you-need-to-live-befor_2695906.png" --- > [How many lives do you need to live before you fine someone worth dying for?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-kate/how-many-lives-do-you-need-to-live-before-you-fine-someone-worth/) [Lauren Kate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-kate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/lauren-kate-636_death_how-many-lives-do-you-need-to-live-befor_2695906.png) > [As long as one lives he will have need of repentance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/as-long-as-one-lives-he-will-have-need-of-repentance/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/samuel-johnson-50_long_as-long-as-one-lives-he-will-have-need-o_1543955.png) > [I believe certain people are still in our lives because they need to be slapped.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-believe-certain-people-are-still-in-our-lives-because-they-need-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/309/anonymous-1_fake-friends_i-believe-certain-people-are-still-in-ou_961374.jpg) > [All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-carrel/all-of-us-at-certain-moments-of-our-lives-need-to-take-advice-and-to/) [Alexis Carrel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-carrel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/138/alexis-carrel-9758_advice_all-of-us-at-certain-moments-of-our-live_121526.png) > [For every fresh stage in our lives we need a fresh education, and there is no stage for which so little educational…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/havelock-ellis/for-every-fresh-stage-in-our-lives-we-need-a-fresh-education-and/) [Havelock Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/havelock-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/havelock-ellis-3921_education_for-every-fresh-stage-in-our-lives-we-ne_157202.png) > [“God doesn't punish people who take their lives. They need him more than anyone else. - General George Patton”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-middlemist/god-doesn-t-punish-people-who-take-their-lives-they-need-him-more/) [Scott Middlemist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-middlemist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/626/scott-middlemist-276755_general-george-patto_god-doesn-t-punish-people-who-take-their_2641569.jpg) > [“Jack, we gotta chance to make a difference in their lives. They need us. How can we go back to that big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randolph-randy-camp/jack-we-gotta-chance-to-make-a-difference-in-their-lives-they-need-us/) [Randolph Randy Camp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randolph-randy-camp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf1/randolph-randy-camp-25562_hiv-aids_jack-we-gotta-chance-to-make-a-differenc_2683026.jpg) > [“Tell me, just how many lives need to be lost until someone realises the impact that their words can have on another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isha-barlas/tell-me-just-how-many-lives-need-to-be-lost-until-someone-realises/) [Isha Barlas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isha-barlas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c75/isha-barlas-110462_depression_tell-me-just-how-many-lives-need-to-be-l_1721912.jpg) > [If 300 million people were to offer up the details of their private lives, you would need to hire another 300 million…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hasan-m-elahi/if-300-million-people-were-to-offer-up-the-details-of-their-private/) [Hasan M. Elahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hasan-m-elahi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/hasan-m-elahi-32101_another_if-300-million-people-were-to-offer-up-t_1094973.jpg) > [I believe that at certain points in people's lives they need assistance in order to move on to the next point in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-van-drew/i-believe-that-at-certain-points-in-people-s-lives-they-need/) [Jeff Van Drew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-van-drew/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65b/jeff-van-drew-5917_believe_i-believe-that-at-certain-points-in-peop_1535973.jpg) > [The success of family welfare depends on giving women complete freedom with their lives. The need of the hour is that people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/atal-bihari-vajpayee/the-success-of-family-welfare-depends-on-giving-women-complete/) [Atal Bihari Vajpayee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/atal-bihari-vajpayee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12d/atal-bihari-vajpayee-5114_complete-freedom_the-success-of-family-welfare-depends-on_724906.jpg) > [We need to know all the facts and be able to discern the situation before we pass judgment on someone. Sometimes life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-need-to-know-all-the-facts-and-be-able-to-discern-the-situation/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/anonymous-1_being-hurt_we-need-to-know-all-the-facts-and-be-abl_1393662.jpg) > [It's all about trying to make the world and the universe a better place. I'm proud to be connected with it. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-nimoy/it-s-all-about-trying-to-make-the-world-and-the-universe-a-better/) [Leonard Nimoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-nimoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/leonard-nimoy-4535_better-place_it-s-all-about-trying-to-make-the-world_1403100.png) > [You must be the greatest mother in the world, but you must also, simultaneously, withdraw from your children's lives. You don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josephine-humphreys/you-must-be-the-greatest-mother-in-the-world-but-you-must-also/) [Josephine Humphreys](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josephine-humphreys/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/josephine-humphreys-17895_children_you-must-be-the-greatest-mother-in-the-w_1771402.jpg) > [“Any do-gooder can save one life or a dozen by spending x dollars, but that doesn't demonstrate anything unless you've got x…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheri-s-tepper/any-do-gooder-can-save-one-life-or-a-dozen-by-spending-x-dollars-but/) [Sheri S. Tepper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheri-s-tepper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faf/sheri-s-tepper-8133_government-welfare_any-do-gooder-can-save-one-life-or-a-doz_2387768.jpg) > [“We even save a few lives, but only a fraction of the lives that need to be saved. Soon, we will leave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-grim/we-even-save-a-few-lives-but-only-a-fraction-of-the-lives-that-need/) [Pamela Grim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-grim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d3/pamela-grim-80580_health_we-even-save-a-few-lives-but-only-a-frac_2626378.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lives-need/#itemlist", "name": "Lives Need Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How many lives do you need to live before you fine someone worth dying for?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lauren Kate" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-kate/how-many-lives-do-you-need-to-live-before-you-fine-someone-worth/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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